Frank is a recipient of a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship. His most recent publication is the remarkable story of ninety-nine-year-old Stella Levi, whose conversations with the ...
Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR by journalist Lisa Napoli is a captivating account of these four women, ...
Drawing on interviews, letters, diaries, and other documents still in private hands, The Brothers Mankiewicz: Hope, Heartbreak, and Hollywood Classics provides a uniquely intimate behind-the-scenes chronicle ...
In 1960, Harvard’s sister college, Radcliffe, announced the founding of an Institute for Independent Study, a “messy experiment” in women’s education that offered paid fellowships ...
Exploring the Blackwell sisters’ allies, enemies, and enduring partnership, Janice P. Nimura presents, in The Blackwell Sisters: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women ...
With a wealth of never-before-accessed materials–including unpublished letters and manuscripts; court, police, and psychiatric records; and new interviews–Heather Clark brings to life the brilliant Sylvia ...
Ghislaine Dunant’s unforgettable biography of Delbo, La vie retrouvée (2016), captivated French readers and was awarded the Prix Femina. Now translated into English for the ...
In this conversation, The Mount curatorial staff and local historian Cornelia Brooke Gilder discuss The Mount’s online exhibit on Thomas Reynolds, Edith Wharton’s head gardener ...
In this conversation, The Mount’s Director of Interpretation, Anne Schuyler, and Librarian, Nynke Dorhout, will lead a thought-provoking exploration of Wharton’s library, focusing on three of the ...
Essay-writing has a rich history in the United States. What American essays should we remember today, and why? What contributions do they make to America’s ...
Scholars James Marten and Caroline E. Janney discuss their collection of essays, Buying and Selling Civil War Memory in Gilded Age America. This online discussion ...
Through a narrated slideshow of her work, Tatyana Fazlalizadeh demonstrated the chronic sexual harassment experienced by women in public spaces around the country and across the globe. ...
In April, we celebrated the earth and poetry! Author and ornithologist Dr. J. Drew Lanham discusses his most recent book, Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to ...